Trading Human Cadavers And What It Tells Us About Morality

Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 15:32 in Psychology & Sociology

Sometimes how humans trade goods are as important as what is traded.    Even when it comes to trading dead humans.Human cadavers are a legitimate market?  Sure.  Commerce in human cadavers was created centuries ago and is done now by medical schools because of the need to train future doctors in anatomy, requiring the dissection of a cadaver. Finding an adequate supply of cadavers is an ongoing challenge, one which has been answered by both academically-housed programs and by independent, for- and non-profit ventures that are not affiliated with higher education or research institutions.And we have all seen "Frankenstein" - sometimes small business owners get involved.read more

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